Title
Achromatic polarization-preserving beam displacer
Date Issued
01 July 2001
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Colgate University
Publisher(s)
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Abstract
We present a novel device based on four orthogonal reflections that displaces an optical beam while preserving the state of polarization. The principle of operation is the overall compensation of the phase shifts that s and p polarization components of the light acquire at each reflection. This compensation, which relies on the use of four identical reflectors, is independent of the actual values of the s and p reflection coefficients and thus is independent of the wavelength. Measurements of the polarization-preserving properties with different sets of reflectors and tolerances to misalignments are presented. © 2001 Optical Society of America.
Start page
971
End page
973
Volume
26
Issue
13
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oftalmología
Anatomía, Morfología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0038707684
Source
Optics Letters
ISSN of the container
01469592
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